Within a column
• Information is processed and transformed from monocular,
center-surround,non-directionally selective input to
• Orientation-
• Binocular disparity-
• Direction-selective output
• Processed information is distributed
• Layers 2-3 to other cortical areas
• Layer 5 to the superior colliculus
• Layer 6 to the lateral geniculate nucleus
• This general arrangement of columnar processing is
maintained throughout the cortex, not just visual cortex.